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This is reason enough to never own a Tesla. I wanted to buy the new Cybertruck when it finally launches, but when this first came out, it became impossible for
by FredPret 3y ago
This is reason enough to never own a Tesla.
I wanted to buy the new Cybertruck when it finally launches, but when this first came out, it became impossible for me to ever buy one.
EDIT: I'm fully on board with the idea of electrifying cars and it wouldn't be a thing at all without Tesla. That they can alienate a potential super fan like me with stupid own-goals like this is super sad.
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- philipov 3y agoGood thing, too. Have you seen the video of how the cybertruck lacks basic safety to avoid chopping off your finger when closing the hood? Other automatic doors will detect if an object is in the way, but the cybertruck will keep closing, and it has sharp unpadded edges.
- ultimoo 3y agoI have been injured on more than occasion by sharp edges and heavy doors on the Model Y.
- cevn 3y agoI thought only my Model Y had sharp edges. The 3 seems fine.
- kbos87 3y agoI've seen that video. Are you honestly going to tell me that there aren't similar pinch points on nearly every other vehicle on the road?
- John23832 3y agoThe point the poster was making was that there are sensors at similar pinch points on other cars to avoid the hazard.
- philipov 3y agoAs well as thick padding that the cybertruck lacks, and rounded edges instead of angled corners.
- unregistereddev 3y agoI'll bite: Yes. Manually-closing doors have pinch points, but every major manufacturer that has auto-close doors includes force sensing to avoid damaging things (or people, or digits). Power windows usually have this as well, at least on modern cars.
- kbos87 3y agoI'm going to admit being wrong about this after looking into it further. I saw a video of a Rivian's protection against a similar problem. I wasn't drawing the distinction of manually closing vs. automatically closing. I will say that the automatically closing Tesla trunks I've seen won't crush someone if you get in its way. The video in question implies it would crush anything in the path of the hood when they actually found a very particular unprotected spot. But, Rivian for example does protect against this happening at that particular location, so it's still a fair criticism.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoYes, the Cybertruck lacks these standard features as cost-saving measures
- DoingIsLearning 3y agoRelevant: https://www.motorbiscuit.com/tesla-youll-have-to-wipe-dead-bugs-and-bird-poop-off-your-cybertruck-asap-to-avoid-corrosion/ https://www.motorbiscuit.com/tesla-youll-have-to-wipe-dead-b...
- api 3y agoI saw one in person the other day. It's a very strange car. In person I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would, but it's absolutely a "concept car" and not something the company should have put into prod beyond some kind of limited run. It also looks completely un-repairable (for a reasonable cost). I wouldn't buy one. If they'd just done it as a concept car it would have been cool. I've also read that the range is far below advertised and below that of a modestly priced mid-range EV due to the Cybertruck being so heavy and chunky.
- FredPret 3y agoI actually love the look. I'd love to drive a sci-fi truck; all the other cars look so boring and curvy in exactly the same way. But I'll probably buy a Jeep or a Ford next because those employees don't watch me as I drive
- matsemann 3y ago> I wanted to buy the new Cybertruck when it finally launches Why? I don't get it. Most people don't need a truck. And if they do, the Cybertruck is probably far from what they need. It has little use except showing off. (Well, I guess that might be true for most trucks bought, though..)
- sokoloff 3y agoIf you’re the kind of person who doesn’t need a truck for utility reasons, the Cybertruck might be perfect for you.
- klyrs 3y agoI'm a pasty nerd but I'm related to landscapers... if you need a truck, the cybertruck isn't a truck.
- FredPret 3y agoI want a truck. I care not a whit about about others think of the truck, good or bad.
- rootusrootus 3y agoI agree that it's a terrible look for Tesla. Though it hasn't stopped me from owning one. I cover the interior camera anyway, and I don't habitually walk out in my garage naked. I am also skeptical that this is something random -- there has to be millions of hours of video out there that shows precisely nothing, so how are employees finding the naked people? It has to be targeted somehow. But they do need better internal controls on customer data, obviously. This is table stakes for any big company, and Tesla is huge. Somebody there, probably in their legal department, has some appreciation for how tempting a target they are with those deep pockets.
- polishdude20 3y agoWell Tesla has said that the way their self driving training works is they can search for specific objects in videos locally on the car and then get the car to upload those videos to their training cloud. Andrej Karpathy has a talk about this. That's probably how it's happening.
- edgyquant 3y agoIt shouldn’t be a choice between EVs and them being spyware. It’s the typical Silicon Valley angle where we are forced to not have tech progression without dystopia.